
Anthropology of Islam. Research in Moscow region
On May 21, 2019 the HSE Institute for Social Policy in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Russia held an International Workshop.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the meeting of the Public health, Demography and Social policy Commission of the Moscow Civic Chamber
The meeting discussed the ongoing work issues and the commission's work plan on the key directions for the next 5-6 months.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the meeting of the working group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives on the 'Social services' section
The objective of the working group is to expend the longevity and raise the quality of life of the population by improving the availability and the quality of social services.
Lilia Ovcharova, a Vice Rector, Director of Institute for Social Policy, took part in the meeting in Rostov-on-Don on the progress of the Older Generation Federal Project within the framework of the Demography national project
On May 17, 2019, Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russian Federation, conducted the meeting.
Lilia Ovcharova, Vice Rector of HSE, Director of Institute for Social Policy, took part in the meeting held by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russian Federation
On May 13, 2019, the meeting with the representatives of the expert community tackled the realization of the national development objectives of Russian Federation until 2024.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of Institute for Social Policy, participated in the Presidential Grants Fund meeting
The meeting held on May 14, 2019 examined the preliminary assessments of the applications submitted to the Presidential Grants’ Competition aimed at developing the civil society through the ‘Support for families, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood’ category.
Lilia Ovcharova, HSE Vice-Rector, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, delivered a lecture in the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
The topics of the lecture were ‘Securing the sustainable growth of the citizens’ real income’ and ‘Reducing the poverty level in the Russian Federation by half’.
Lilia Ovcharova, HSE Vice-Rector, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the meeting organized by Maksim Topilin, Minister of Labor of the Russian Federation
The meeting discussed the results of the first stage of the pilot projects implementation. These projects are aimed at reaching by 2024 the national goals of socio-economic development, namely to increase citizens’ real income and to reduce the poverty by half. The participants also discussed the objectives for the second stage and the development of the standard recommendations for accepting regional programs aimed at reducing the share of the population with below-minimal income.
Lilia Ovcharova, Director of the Institute for Social Policy, took part in the Presidential Grants Fund meeting
The meeting on May 13, 2019, considered the first assessments of the applications for the Presidential Grants on the development of the civil society on the ‘Support of the projects in science and education’ category.

The Third Academic Workshop on Active Ageing Policy and Pension Reforms: Russian and International Experience
On April 25, 2019 the Institute for Social Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics held the third academic workshop devoted to searching the equilibrium between pension policy and ageing society organized in cooperation with the World Bank within the series of events under the topic “Active Ageing Policy and Pension Reforms: Russian and International Experience”.